SLS Constitution and Policies
Meet our Board of Advisors
Student Board Members
Roba Metwally: Co-Chairperson of the Advisory Board
Roba Metwally (she/her) is a fourth year at the University of Virginia majoring in Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law as well as minoring in Public Policy and Leadership at the Frank Batten School. She serves as Co-Director of the Student Council branch of Student Legal Services and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board.
Roba is currently on a pre-law track with interests in criminal law as well as possibly corporate law. She hopes to help the wrongfully convicted. Outside of Law, Roba loves to try new things, be outdoors, do arts & crafts, travel, and spend time with loved ones.
Roba is currently on a pre-law track with interests in criminal law as well as possibly corporate law. She hopes to help the wrongfully convicted. Outside of Law, Roba loves to try new things, be outdoors, do arts & crafts, travel, and spend time with loved ones.
Eli Boone: Co-Chairperson of the Advisory Board
Eli (he/him) is a rising third year at the University of Virginia double majoring in English and Philosophy. He serves as Co-Director of the Student Council branch of Student Legal Services and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board.
He is interested in aspects of the law ranging from public defense to corporate litigation and is currently on a pre-law track. When not working with other members of SLS in the Student Activities Center or studying in the Balz Philosophy Library, he is often found in Hotel C with the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union or on the 4th floor of Newcomb with the University Judiciary Committee.
He is interested in aspects of the law ranging from public defense to corporate litigation and is currently on a pre-law track. When not working with other members of SLS in the Student Activities Center or studying in the Balz Philosophy Library, he is often found in Hotel C with the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union or on the 4th floor of Newcomb with the University Judiciary Committee.
Ryan Williams: Student Council Representative
Ryan Williams is a third year at the University of Virginia majoring in Public Policy and Leadership at the Frank Batten School as well as minoring in Government. He serves as a Student Council Representative of Student Legal Services and on the Advisory Board.
He is interested in a wide range of legal fields and is currently on a pre-law track. He hopes to make a career in public service. Outside of SLS, Ryan enjoys working out, playing pickup basketball, spending time with family and friends, and trying new food.
He is interested in a wide range of legal fields and is currently on a pre-law track. He hopes to make a career in public service. Outside of SLS, Ryan enjoys working out, playing pickup basketball, spending time with family and friends, and trying new food.
Pending Student Legal Services Intern 2024-2025
Non-Student Board Members
Vicki Gist: Senior Associate Dean of Students
As Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of Multicultural Student Services, Vicki advises the Division of Student Affairs on diversity and inclusion matters related to the student experience, leads initiatives that promote belonging and success for historically marginalized students, and coordinates intercultural engagement opportunities for the broader student body.
John Piper: Student Affairs Financial Staff
John is the manager of the Poe Finance team staff and also assists the Associate VP for Finance and Strategy in a variety of strategic projects, HR and financial affairs. His career prior to coming to UVA was serving as a CEO for a variety of large membership associations. He is also a trained Mediator.
Michael Hemenway: Law Faculty
Michael T. Hemenway has extensive experience as a trial attorney, both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney.
Hemenway has worked closely with street officers, detectives, evidence technicians and experts, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He has worked as a prosecutor for 7 years and a defense attorney for the 32 years and has tried more than 500 cases as part of Hemenway Law.
Hemenway was a founding board member of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Drug Court and served on the Drug Advisory Community Board in Charlottesville. He co-teaches the Criminal Defense Clinic at the Law School.
Hemenway has worked closely with street officers, detectives, evidence technicians and experts, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He has worked as a prosecutor for 7 years and a defense attorney for the 32 years and has tried more than 500 cases as part of Hemenway Law.
Hemenway was a founding board member of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Drug Court and served on the Drug Advisory Community Board in Charlottesville. He co-teaches the Criminal Defense Clinic at the Law School.
Deborah Kang: UVA Faculty
Dr. S. Deborah is Associate Professor of History in the Corcoran Department of History and John L. Nau III Associate Professor of the History and Principles of Democracy at the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia.
Her first book, The INS on the Line: Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954 (Oxford University Press, 2017) traces the history of US immigration agencies on the US-Mexico border and earned several awards and accolades. She is currently at work on several law review articles regarding the criminalization of undocumented immigration and a second monograph on the history of immigration legalization in the United States.
At UVA, she teaches classes on immigration law and policy history and the history of the North American borderlands.
Her first book, The INS on the Line: Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954 (Oxford University Press, 2017) traces the history of US immigration agencies on the US-Mexico border and earned several awards and accolades. She is currently at work on several law review articles regarding the criminalization of undocumented immigration and a second monograph on the history of immigration legalization in the United States.
At UVA, she teaches classes on immigration law and policy history and the history of the North American borderlands.
Ned Michie: Practicing Charlottesville Lawyer
